Is Edwards’ conduit to Hunter working for Obama, too?
The John Edwards scandal may have just landed flat onto Barack Obama, regardless of whether Edwards is his running mate or just a bad memory. Jake Tapper at ABC notices that Fred Baron, the man who sent money to both Edwards’ mistress and the supposed father of her child, has been raising money for Barack Obama as well. One has to wonder whether his duties at Team Obama are anywhere near as extensive: The Dallas Morning News over the weekend profiled Fred Baron, the chairman of Sen. John Edwards’ campaign finance committees in both his 2004 and 2008 presidential campaigns. Baron also, as you may know, has been paying significant lumps of cash to Edwards’ former mistress Rielle Hunter, and others involved in the scandal. Baron claims Edwards knew nothing about it, and Edwards told ABC News Friday the same. The article states that Baron is currently “raising money for nominee-to-be Barack Obama.” Well, that certainly raises a few questions. Baron’s largesse towards Rielle Hunter and Andr
